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July 22, 2013
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Fireweed dominates a landscape once covered in black spruce in Alaska's Yukon Flats.
The magenta-flowered fireweed, which springs up after a burn, dominates a landscape once covered in black spruce in Alaskas Yukon Flats.
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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